Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 28th December 2021
- Dec 28, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 76cm
Snowfall at base this seas 252cm
Posted on Tuesday 28th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa. In fact, it's a great morning when it comes to snow.
At 6pm yesterday at our spot there was 30cm of new snowfall there since the morning report. The spot was cleared again and this morning there is another 46cm. So that's 76cm since yesterday morning.
Here's the snow that ski areas themselves are reporting this morning:
Kagura: 50cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 30-50cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 60cm
It's a bit windy out there and some lifts at some ski areas might be affected this morning. Unfortunately, Kagura is completely closed. The top area of Yuzawa Kogen is also closed with the Ropeway on standby. GALA Yuzawa appears to be opening as normal as are other ski areas.
Tomorrow should see things be much calmer and perhaps even clearer. Conditions will be excellent. The sun might join in the fun.
But beyond tomorrow more snow is due around Thursday and Friday, so it is definitely going to have been a very good second half of December for snowfall.
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All information is manually checked each morning and is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Lifts operating:
The gondola and all of the (4) lifts in the Central Area are now operating.
The Victoria quad and Tilbury triple lifts in the North Area are open.
Courses open:
All courses in the Central Area now open
Broadway, Swan and Roman Holiday A in the North Area are open
Yuki asobi park
Official snow depth:
150cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
50cm
Lifts operating:
Most lifts and areas now open
Official snow depth:
180cm
Iwappara
Lifts operating:
Number 2 pair
Chuo quad
Summit quad
Official snow depth:
120cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Lift & course info:
Much of Joetsu Kokusai is now open!
Official snow depth:
160cm (upper)
Kagura
30cm? (unclear)
Lift & course info:
All main areas are open (though some courses not available yet)
15/32 courses open
4/19 lifts open
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 130cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Lift & course info:
A, B, C and E lifts operating
Most courses are open
Official snow depth:
140cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
30cm
Lift & course info:
Much of Maiko is now open
Official snow depth:
200cm (top)
140cm (lower)
Naeba
Lift & course info:
13/24 courses open
6/12 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
140cm (top)
110cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating and all courses open
Official snow depth:
130cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
30cm
Lift & course info:
The upper Kogen area is fully open. Lower area also part open.
Official snow depth:
120cm (top)
60cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
Operating lifts:
Number 1-5 lifts
Official snow depth:
110cm
Yuzawa Park
Operating lifts:
Number 1
Number 3
Number 7
Official snow depth:
150cm
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Other ski areas
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Ipponsugi
Muica Snow Resort
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Nakazato Snow Wood
Tuesday 28th December 2021
Mt Granview
Confirmed as not opening for the 2021-2022 season
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Itsukamachi
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Tuesday 28th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 252cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (28th December) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 242cm reported on 11 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.